[AG-USERS] Hello, introductions

[Jeff Shuckra]

Hello,
Jeff Shuckra, UNM-HPCERC node op here...
The August 8, 1999 Chautauqua was my first exposure to HPC. I loved it
so much that UNM-AHPCC hired me on.

I was part of a team to be the first to deliver a college accredited
course over the AG. I am now involved in Tribal Virtual Network (TVN), a
DoC effort to bring bandwidth to rural areas. Five Native American sites
are receiving their own T1. Network is nearly all installed except for
the Qwest router contracts, but they are due by March 15. The idea
behind TVN is that by building a IT road- commerce, grants, and
education will come their way. Microsoft and inSORS have helped
tremendously with solving this low-bandwidth AG situation. I can assure
you, these AG users are not your average scientists. They are focused on
culture and language preservation. Their first AG class is about
lifeskills for the tribes. One group wants to record proper ways of
bison preparation. Quite a site...

jeff shuckra


Jennifer Teig von Hoffman wrote:
> 
> Hi everybody,
> 
> Since this is a new list, and we haven't before tried to gather
> non-technical AG users in this sort of way, I'm very curious to hear
> who's joined the list and in what ways you're using the AG. So, I'd like
> to encourage everybody to send a little mail by way of introduction.
> 
> As for myself, I was an early adopter of the AG in the summer of 99,
> when we were planning for the Alliance Chautauqua conference series and
> starting to bring the first few nodes online. I've been involved in
> managing events of all sizes, and am currently leading SC Global
> (http://www.scglobal.org/) and the AG Documentation Project
> (http://www.accessgrid.org/agdp/). I also manage BU's AG facility
> (http://scv.bu.edu/accessgrid/); we're still operating in a rather
> informal fashion, but playing around with the idea of eventually
> formalizing our operations, with written policies and such.
> 
> So how about you? Who's out there, and what are you involved with
> regarding the AG?
> 
> Cheers,
> Jennifer Teig von Hoffman
> Project Manager
> Scientific Computing and Visualization
> Boston University
> jtvh at bu.edu